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Aug 31, 2026 Welcome to Leonardo Ivan Estrella Dzib, who has joined the $R^3$ Lab as a graduate student! Leo will be working on the evolution of gene-regulatory networks and adaptive network dynamics — read more about him on the people page.
Aug 31, 2026 The $R^3$ Lab officially started this week at WashU’s department of Biology! Excited to get going.
Jun 04, 2026 James gave a talk at the National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology’s workshop on Extreme Events in Biological Function on How Noise Shapes Transient Biological Function. You can find a recording of the talk (in addition to all other talks) here.
May 08, 2026 James gave a talk at WashU’s Symposium on Advances in Digital Innovation Across Arts \& Science and Beyond on the topic The Science of Regulation.
May 01, 2026 James’ article Do distinct subpopulations signify modes of behaviour in a noisy single cell? is out now at Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Find the article here!
Apr 28, 2026 Leonardo Estrella Dzib (Minerva University) and James have recently submitted an article on gene-regulatory evolution in the presence of cell-to-cell variability! Find the pre-print here.
May 01, 2025 The Rules, Regulations and Randomness ($R^3$) Lab will be starting at WashU’s department of Biology in Fall 2026!